Down the narrow, cobblestoned back-streets beats the heart of a Bohemian nation. Surviving occupations from the Habsburg Empire to the Nazis, Prague is a city whose history is as diverse as the stunning architecture that tells its story. – – Georgina Campbell Indulgence in a liberal, unconventional lifestyle defines […]
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Latin-American youth: a life marked by violence
The continent’s children and young people are the most vulnerable members of society, most affected by the high rates of criminality and inequality recorded in countries in the region. Seven out of ten murder victims come from this age group. The Prisma’s Memoirs. September 2012.s . Miriam Valero . Latin […]
Fifty years watching the girl from Ipanema
The “Girl from Ipanema” allowed one of the smoothest and most influential styles of Latin-American music to go global: the bossa nova. It is the 50 year anniversary of the creation of the song.– – Miriam Valero – It was the summer of 1962 in Río de Janeiro. At the […]
Why do students love Booze?
Wine, vodka, gin, beer, whisky, champagne, port, rum, absinthe, cider, ale… the catalogue of alcoholic drinks stocked on shelves across the country is almost as innumerable as the health issues ensuing from excessive use of them: cancer of the mouth, neck and throat; high-blood pressure, an irregular heart beat and […]
Wirikuta, desecrated ground
The village of Wixárika (Huichol), situated in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit and Durango, is demanding the cancellation of mining grants made to foreign companies in San Luis Potosí, for endangering native sacred land. Deisy Francis Mexidor “We do not want Canadian businesses, we do not […]